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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1975
Page
2
In Richmond Virginia firemen battled flames from two gasoline tanks at Little Oil Co fuel farm for 17 hours. Foam and Navy trucks helped, a worker was critically burned, and officials shut a valve to stop further spillover.
Dr. F David Mathews president of the University of Alabama was nominated by President Ford to head the Health Education and Welfare Department. If confirmed he would succeed Caspar Weinberger who is resigning for family health reasons. Mathews, 39, would be the seventh Ford cabinet member and has long led Alabama’s 13 000 student university. Weinberger, 57, has been known as Cap The Knife for budget cutting.
U S District Judge John Sirica refuses to lessen the 2 percent to 8 year sentence for E Howard Hunt Jr after he pleaded guilty to burglary wire tapping and conspiracy in the 1972 Watergate break in. Hunt has served about one year at Eglin AFB Florida and cites cooperation and family hardship in his petition. His daughter Kevan testified to his situation. Separately in Chicago Hunt’s lawyer says he will receive a third of a 300000 damage award tied to his wife’s death in a plane crash. Xaviera Hollander wins 65000 in a film rights settlement over The Happy Hooker title usage.
In Vientiane the United States closes its Laos aid program after more than two decades and over 1 billion dollars in assistance. The embassy cites impasse in turnover talks as last officials depart before the June 30 deadline.
Jack Chestnut, former Humphrey campaign manager, jailed four months and fined 5000 in New York for arranging a $12000 secret contribution to Humphrey’s 1970 Senate campaign. He appeals. judge Weinfeld cites election law intent and says a mere fine would not suffice. Chestnut pled innocent of willful violation, noting political admiration for Humphrey.
Bessie Lee Scoggins, a 56 year old ordained minister and grandmother of 21, earned an Associate of Arts degree in child development from Merritt College in Oakland after four years of study. She began school the day her youngest entered kindergarten and received her diploma on June 18. Fabian and his wife Kathleen Regan announce amicable separation after nine years of marriage.
Scotland Yard searches for Lucan after reports he was spotted in Cherbourg in a waterfront restaurant arguing with a young brunette. Police say two detectives followed to Saint Malo while noting a June 1 sighting of Lucan by an English tourist at Hotel Central.
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